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Colorado Privacy Act Profiling Opt-Out: Colorado Privacy Act: Profiling Opt-Out

Colorado consumers can opt out of profiling used for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects, which include access to essential goods or services. Implementing rules let a business decline some requests where a person is meaningfully involved in the automated decision.

C.R.S. § 6-1-1306(1)(a)(I)(C); 4 CCR 904-3, Rule 9.04

Last verified Oct 6, 2026 · In force · Not legal advice

What Does Colorado Privacy Act Profiling Opt-out Require?

StatusIn force
RightOpt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects
Relevance to pricingLegal or similarly significant effects include the provision or denial of financial or lending services, housing, insurance, education, criminal justice, employment, health care, or access to essential goods or services (C.R.S. § 6-1-1303)
Limited exceptionUnder Rule 9.04 a controller may decline some opt-out requests where profiling uses Human Involved Automated Processing (a human meaningfully considers the data and can change the outcome), subject to notice conditions
EnforcementAttorney General and district attorneys

Does Human Review Affect the Profiling Opt-Out?

That is a question for counsel. A rule-based pricing system makes human review visible and documented, which is the evidence the exception turns on. See the Govern stage.

How Can a Business Comply with Colorado Privacy Act Profiling Opt-Out?

  • 5. Govern: Version every rule so any past price can be rebuilt.

Primary Sources

  1. Colorado Privacy Act regulations (Greenberg Traurig compilation)